Faculty Honors/Awards

Our faculty members are the foundation of our college’s research accomplishments. Throughout the state, nation and world, they are renowned for their cutting-edge discoveries and contributions to solving today’s engineering challenges. Find out about their many well-deserved honors, awards and recognitions.

• National Medal of Technology
• Jerry Woodall, Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• National Academy of Engineering
• Ross W. Boulanger, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Robert Bower, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Simon Cherry, Biomedical Engineering
  Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, Chemical Engineering
  Bruce C. Gates, Chemical Engineering
  Jonathan Heritage, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Izzat M. Idriss, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Jay R. Lund, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Gary S. May, Chancellor, UC Davis
  R. Paul Singh, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
  Dan Sperling, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  George Tchobanoglous, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Jerry Woodall, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• National Academy of Medicine
• Michael A. Savageau, Distinguished Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering
• National Academy of Science
• Alexandra Navrotsky, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering
  Michael A. Savageau, Distinguished Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering
• National Academy of Inventors Fellows
• Simon Cherry, Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Cristina Davis, Warren and Leta Giedt Endowed Professor and Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Bruce C. Gates, Professor, Chemical Engineering
  Durham Ken Giles , Professor Emeritus, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
  David Horsley, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Saif Islam, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Laura Marcu, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Jerry Woodall, Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Fellows

• Case van Dam, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Mohammed M. Hafez, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Ronald Hess, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Seongkyu Lee, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Max Platzer, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Stephen Robinson, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Nesrin Sarigul-Klijn, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  Benjamin Shaw, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

• American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows
• Rajeevan Amirtharajah, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Simon Cherry, Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Jennifer S. Curtis, Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
  Chen-Nee Chuah, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Cristina Davis, Warren and Leta Giedt Endowed Professor and Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  David Fyhrie, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Saif Islam, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Laura Marcu, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Gary S. May, Chancellor, UC Davis
  Prasant Mohapatra, Distinguished Professor and Vice Chancellor for Research, Computer Science
  Karen A. Moxon, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  John Owens, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  David M. Rocke, Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Michael A. Savageau, Distinguished Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Jerry Woodall, Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• American Chemical Society Fellows
• Ricardo Castro, Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Materials Science and Engineering
• American Ceramic Society Fellows
• Ricardo Castro, Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Materials Science and Engineering
  Denise Krol, Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering
  Alexandra Navrotsky, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering
  Subhash H. Risbud, Distinguished Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers Fellows
• David Block, Professor, Chemical Engineering
  Jennifer S. Curtis, Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
  Karen McDonald, Professor, Chemical Engineering
  Ahmet Palazoglu, Professor, Chemical Engineering
  Robert Powell, Professor, Chemical Engineering
• American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Fellows
• John M. Boone, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Simon Cherry, Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Cristina Davis, Warren and Leta Giedt Endowed Professor and Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  David Fyhrie, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Steven C. George, Deparment Chair and Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Kent Leach, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Angelique Louie, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Laura Marcu, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Karen A. Moxon, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Atul N. Parikh, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Jinyi Qi, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  David M. Rocke, Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Michael A. Savageau, Distinguished Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Julie Sutcliffe, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
• American Physical Society Fellows
• Robert Bower, Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Jennifer S. Curtis, Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
  Raissa D’Souza, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Herman Fink, Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Niels Grønbech-Jensen, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Francois Gygi, Professor, Computer Science
  Jonathan Heritage, Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Neville Luhmann, Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Ning Pan, Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
  William Ristenpart, Professor, Chemical Engineering and Director of the UC Davis Coffee Center
  Jerry Woodall, Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Fellows
• Durham Ken Giles , Professor Emeritus, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
  Bryan M. Jenkins, Distinguished Professor and Department Chair, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
  David C. Slaughter , Professor and Department Vice Chair, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
  Ruihong Zhang , Professor and Graduate Program Chair, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
  Zhongli Pan, Adjunct Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
• American Society of Civil Engineers Fellows
• Michele Barbato, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Ross W. Boulanger, Professor and Director of the Center for Geotechnical Modeling, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Yannis F. Dafalias, Distinguished Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Levent Kavvas, Distinguished Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Sashi Kunnath, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Jay R. Lund, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• American Society for Engineering Education Fellows
• Jennifer S. Curtis, Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fellows
• Ralph Aldredge, Professor and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  James Baughn, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Harry H. Cheng, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Jean-Pierre Delplanque, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Mike Hill, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Mont Hubbard, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Maury Hull, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Dean Karnopp, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Donald Margolis, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Vinod Narayanan, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Ning Pan, Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
  Max Platzer, Adjunct Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Bahram Ravani, Distinguished Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Valeria La Saponara , Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Nesrin Sariguk-Klijn, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Benjanim D. Shaw, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Steven A. Velinsky, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Association for Computing Machinery Fellows
• Premkumar Devanbu, Professor, Computer Science
  Dan Gusfield, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Computer Science
  Nelson Max, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Computer Science
  Kwan-Liu Ma, Distinguished Professor, Computer Science
• Biomedical Engineering Society Fellows
• Simon Cherry, Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Steven C. George, Deparment Chair and Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Kent Leach, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Angelique Louie, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Laura Marcu, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
• Fulbright Fellows
• Jennifer S. Curtis, Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
  Bruce C. Gates, Professor, Chemical Engineering
  Irwin R. Donis-González , Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
  Michael A. Savageau, Distinguished Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Stavros G. Vougioukas, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Guggenheim Fellows
• Michael A. Savageau, Distinguished Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Benjanim D. Shaw, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellows
• Simon Cherry, Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Chen-Nee Chuah, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Shuguang “Robert” Cui, Adjunct Facility, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Karl Wayne Current, Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Zhi Ding, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Richard Dorf, Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Mohammed Ghausi, Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Dan Gusfield, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Computer Science
  Jonathan Heritage, Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  David Horsley, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Paul Hurst, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Saif Islam, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Brian Kolner, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Stephen Lewis, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Bernard Levy, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Xin Liu, Professor, Computer Science
  Neville Luhmann, Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Kwan-Liu Ma, Distinguished Professor, Computer Science
  Gary S. May, Chancellor, UC Davis
  Prasant Mohapatra, Distinguished Professor and Vice Chancellor for Research, Computer Science
  Biswanath Mukherjee, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Computer Science
  Vojin G. Oklobdzija, Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  John Owens, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Anh-Vu Pham, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Jinyi Qi, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Michael A. Savageau, Distinguished Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Richard Spencer, Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Jerry Woodall, Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  S .J. Ben Yoo, Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
• Klaus van Benthem, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  Jennifer S. Curtis, Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
  Premkumar Devanbu, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Computer Science
  Harry Dwyer, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Bruce C. Gates, Professor, Chemical Engineering
  Adam J. Moule, Professor, Chemical Engineering
• Optical Society of America Fellows
• Jonathan Heritage, Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Saif Islam, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Andre Knoesen, Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Brian Kolner, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Denise Krol, Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering
  Laura Marcu, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Jeremy Munday, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  S .J. Ben Yoo, Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Materials Research Society Fellows
• Subhash H. Risbud, Distinguished Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowships
• Nina Amenta, Professor, Computer Science
  Craig Benham, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  Patrice Koehl, Professor and Vice Chair, Computer Science
  Greg Kuperberg, Professor, Computer Science
  Ning Pan , Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
• Searl Scholars
• Tonya Kuhl, Professor and Chair, Chemical Engineering
• Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering
• Matt Franklin, Professor, Computer Science
  Christina Harvey, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering